Bestandskraft Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 According to NAVAIR 01-F14AAP-1, 1 August 2001, Change 4 - 01 September 2004, p. 20-42, and NAVAIR 01-F14AAA-1, 15 May 1995, Change 1 - 1 February 1997, p. 20-31, in the A-A AN/ARN-84 TACAN mode, only range is received because the aircraft antenna complement is not configured to receive or transmit bearing information. That means that even though a tanker TACAN might be sending bearing information, the F-14 could not receive it. In the game, bearing information is displayed when tuned to a tanker TACAN. According to this post by Super Grover, the AN/ARN-84 is the TACAN equipment modelled in the game.
Super Grover Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Hey Bestandskraft, It often happens that the NAVAIRs are imprecise, and this seems to be the case here too. Indeed, the TACAN transmitter/receiver on the F-14 didn't have a dedicated bearing/beacon antenna installed. We checked more detailed specifications and diagrams. The conclusion was that when a valid bearing signal is received, it should be displayed, as it didn't require any additional processing versus land-based TACAN. Krzysztof Sobczak Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
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